Endgame

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Endgame
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	June 1, 2011
Part of	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #10
# of pages	10
Writer	Sholly Fisch
Penciler	Robert Pope
Inker	Scott McRae
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Dezi Sienty
Editor	Kwanza Johnson
Chronology
Previous story	Tooned In
Next story	Project Rainbow and the Poughkeepsie Experiment

Endgame is the first of two stories in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #10, by DC Comics. It was followed by the reprint, Ghost in the Machina.

Premise

Scooby and the gang attend a video game competition, but things get scary when the contest is interrupted by the petrifying Pinball Wizard.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc.
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley

Supporting characters:

• Laurie Kraft ^{(only appearance)}
• Mario Tendo ^{(only appearance)}
• Luigi Tendo ^{(only appearance)}
• Zelda ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Pinball Wizard ^{(only appearance)(Xavier Bachsman's disguise)}
• Xavier Bachsman ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Miscellaneous video game players ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}

Locations

• World Video Game Championships
• Gamestation ^(mentioned)

Objects

• French fries
• Pickles
• Submarine sandwich
• Pizza
• Nachos
• Burger
• Taco
• Doughnuts

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine ^(mentioned)

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Mario Tendo	To win the video game competition.
Luigi Tendo	To win the video game competition.
Zelda	To win the video game competition.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Xavier Bachsman as the Pinball Wizard	To sabotage the video game competition because he couldn't participate this year.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Reprints

• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #115 (April 2022).

Cultural references

• There are several video game references:
  • Mario & Luigi are references to the characters of the Mario franchise; their surname is a reference to their video game publisher, Nintendo.
  • Zelda, who is a legend according to Shaggy, is a reference the title character of the Legend of Zelda franchise, also published by Nintendo.
• Laurie Kraft is a play on the titular Lara Croft.
• X-Bachs is a reference to the video game console X-Box.
  • Dance Pants Evolution is a parody of Dance Dance Revolution.

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.